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Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1435-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1435-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
Research article
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18 Jul 2023
Research article |  | 18 Jul 2023

The weather diaries of the Kirch family: Leipzig, Guben, and Berlin (1677–1774)

Stefan Brönnimann and Yuri Brugnara

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We present the weather diaries of the Kirch family from 1677–1774 containing weather observations made in Leipzig and Guben and, from 1701 onward, instrumental observations made in Berlin. We publish the imaged diaries (10 445 images) and the digitized measurements (from 1720 onward). This is one of the oldest and longest meteorological records from Germany. The digitized pressure data show good agreement with neighbouring stations, highlighting their potential for weather reconstruction.
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